Category: HUB News

  • O’Scanlon joins ranks of Assembly hopefuls

    Little Silver councilman seeks GOP nod for 12th District race BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer LITTLE SILVER — A longtime borough councilman has thrown his hat into the ring for one of the two available 12th District Assembly seats, making the state-mandated school budget cap his platform. Declan O’Scanlon has announced…

  • Pay-to-play ready for introduction in R.B.

    Borough attorney: New version puts onus on candidates BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer The Red Bank Borough Council may finally be on its way to adopting a pay-to-play ordinance. At Monday’s council meeting, all but one council member trudged through the snow to be present when Borough Attorney Kenneth Pringle made…

  • Out of loss, woman founds cancer support program

    The Wellness Community will provide free help for patients, families BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Ilene Winters (l) celebrated the 65th birthday of her mother, Cissie, in New York City in March 2002, four months before Cissie was diagnosed with cancer. Like so many people, Ilene Winters’ first job was not…

  • Eleven down, ‘plenty more to go’

    FBI: Dozens of arrests could come in weeks ahead BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer The arrest of 11 Monmouth County officials on extortion and money laundering charges is only the beginning of an operation that will net “dozens more arrests,” according to the FBI. “These first few arrests are just the…

  • County GOP chairman asks officials to resign

    Niemann says time has come for new ethics, campaign finance laws BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer FREEHOLD — In the wake of last week’s federal sting that resulted in the arrest of 11 public officials, including seven Republicans, Monmouth County GOP Chairman Fredrick P. Niemann is trying to restore…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff A fresh layer of snow proved irresistible to Cole Allen, Oceanport, who glides down Wolf Hill in the borough on Tuesday.

  • Eatontown reappoints Menna as prosecutor

    Red Bank councilman has served in municipal post since 1992 BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — For the 14th consecutive year, veteran Red Bank Borough Councilman and noted area attorney Pasquale Menna has been appointed borough prosecutor. With five of six council members present, Menna was unanimously and…

  • BlueClaws ’05 schedule filled with promotions

    LAKEWOOD — The Lakewood BlueClaws, single A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, will begin and end their fifth anniversary by sending lucky fans home with $4,000 in cash. Fans will be handed a total of $2,000 on Opening Day, April 7, and run after $2,000 dropped from a hovering helicopter Sept. 5 after the season’s…

  • Opponents say zoning ordinance bad for boro

    Beck: Measure would allow developers to dictate zoning policy BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer With a proposed zoning ordinance in place to be voted on at the next Red Bank Borough Council meeting, some council members still have serious concerns about the measure. Councilwoman Jennifer Beck said in an interview earlier…